Chronology of Coverage

Oct. 31, 2014

South Korean court orders Japanese company Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp to compensate dozens of Koreans who were forced to work in its factory during Japanese colonial rule of Korea from 1910 to 1945. MORE

Oct. 30, 2014

Educational Testing Service, company that administers SAT tests around world, says it is withholding scores for thousands of Chinese and South Korean students following cheating allegations; announcement comes just days before early application deadlines for most American colleges and universities. MORE

Oct. 30, 2014

Skin care products from South Korea, where beauty standards focus on face, are finding a strong following in the United States. MORE

Oct. 29, 2014

Divers discover body inside sunken ferry, bringing to 295 number of victims from South Korea's worst peacetime disaster in decades. MORE

Oct. 29, 2014

South Korean court convicts two counterintelligence officials for fabricating Chinese government documents to build a spy case against a refugee from North Korea; conviction is latest blow to the image of country's National Intelligence Service. MORE

General Information on South Korea

Official Name: Republic of Korea Capital: Seoul (Current local time) Government Type: Republic Population: 49.05 million Area: 38,022 square miles; about the size of Indiana Languages: Korean, English is widely taught in schools Year of Independence: 1945 Web site:Korea.net